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of the real lizards, family Lacertidae
Subspecies:
Darevskia valentini
Types:
Holotype: NMW 32224, male, SPITZENBERGER leg., 17. 7. 1974.
Terra Typica:
Mergan Yayla (= Alm in the Cilo-Sat Mountains), E Turkey, Vil. Hakkari, 2500 m.
Taxonomic notes:
Etymology: Named after Friederike Spitzenberger (b. 1939), Austrian zoologist, collector of the type series.
Relevant taxonomic literature:
Eiselt, J. & Darevsky, I.S. & Schmidtler, J.F. (1992) -
Series of newly collected specimens of Lacerta valentini BOETTGER in Eastern Turkey were closely investigated in order to demarcate the areas of the subspecies L. v. valentini and L. v. lantzicyreni. Intermediary populations were found to exist between them, one was described as a new subspecies, Lacerta valentini spitzenbergerae, living in the Cilo-Dag Mountains, Vilayet Hakkâri, Turk